US launches airstrike on Iran’s Qeshm Island

AKIPRESS.COM – The United States carried out a strike on Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal and CNN. American officials speaking to CNN characterized the strikes as defensive measures intended to safeguard US assets in the region.

According to sources cited by Axios reporter Barak Ravid, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched a missile from Qeshm Island at an American fighter jet over the Strait of Hormuz on the evening of November 2. The United States subsequently struck the island in self-defense, destroying the Iranian launcher.

The Wall Street Journal reported that in addition to targeting the aircraft, the IRGC fired a missile from Qeshm Island toward commercial vessels in the strait, which was intercepted by the US military.

Iranian state media reported several explosions heard on the island on the morning of November 3.

Sources told The Wall Street Journal that the US has been conducting covert, limited strikes against Iran in recent weeks aimed at neutralizing threats to commercial shipping, though official US sources have not formally confirmed the strike or the Iranian attack.